Leviathan famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

An individualism which has got beyond the stage of hedonism tends to yield to the lure of the grandiose. It was not man, the individual, nor even the Supreme Being, that Robespierre set up against Christ; it was that Leviathan, the Nation.
-- Andre Malraux

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In the belly of Leviathan ... one can either despair and perish, or be cheerful and persevere.
-- Dean Koontz

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Summation of Leviathan: "The axiom, fear; the method, logic; the conclusion, despotism."
-- Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

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Moreover, it is difficult to reconcile Hobbesâ€™s distrust for the individual with his confidence in the altruistic nature of the individual or individuals who will oversee and control the Leviathan. Are not the latter also of flesh and blood? Hobbes seems to be saying that manâ€™s nature cannot be trusted but the nature of a ruler or a ruling assembly of men can be trusted. How so?
-- Mark Levin

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Ocean waters..oceans deep..Serious poets never sleep.
Do not sit next to my mother when she is watching one of her children compete because you will have fingernails down your back. She is a nervous wreck.
it takes as long as three generations of hard work, three generations of sacrifice to correct the wrong!
I want to be apart of something that can only be explained by the hand of God!
A lot of individuals are so worried about being politically correct. I'd rather go ahead and say what's on my mind than to sit there and come up with some PC 'Oh, the guy is a great fighter and I have a lot of respect for him.' If I don't mean it, why is it even coming out of my mouth? ... I want to fight Lesnar. I hate who he is as a person. I want to break his neck in the ring. I want him to be the first person that dies due to Octagon-related injuries. That's what's going through my mind.
Love. Resoundingly and absolutely.
They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.
I'm not an equipment nut. I tend to use whatever's at hand. I have several cameras, of course, but I'm not emotional about any of them
Every creative act is an act of hypocrisy and violence. You may have to think about it for a while, but I am sure you can discover your own.
To those who feel defeated and downtrodden, look to the early hours of the day for your rescue...Shadows of yesterday's grief melt in the rays of early morn's opportunity.